Posts from ‘August, 2010’

How many hours should we sleep everyday?

There’s no definite answer to how many hours people should sleep. Although children and teenagers are recommended with certain hours of sleep. Infants need about 16 hours, teenagers need about 9 hours. For most adults, 7 to 8 hours a night appears to be the best amount of sleep. However, many people can get by [...]

Secondary insomnia is the most common type of insomnia

The reason this type of insomnia is called secondary insomnia is because it’s a symptom or side-effect of something else. It often is caused by a medical reason such as depression, anxiety, migraine, arthritis, heartburn, restless leg syndrome, stroke, and menopause. Even external influences such as caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, and some medicines can cause secondary [...]

Not all insomia need medical attention. Some go away.

If you can’t go to sleep, whether it’s life long or triggered by other situations such as traveling, work hour changes, daily stress, stressful events, or other things in life, it might not be a symptom of another medical disorder. It’s called primary insomnia. In other words, it’s plain old insomnia, an sleeping disorder by [...]